Electric dry shaver



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ATTOR N EY G N. w m6 W R 0 a f a m H: m! E Em m Ii? m Um fin H: 8 ,'m 2 m Patented Sept. 17, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,215,099 ELECTRIC nay SHAVER Application February 10, 1938, Serial No. 189,732

.4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in electric dry shavers and, more particularly, to the shearing members thereof.

The device embodying my invention is substantially in the form and shape of that disclosed by R. E. Benner in his pending application for a'patentyfiled December 7, 1937, and bearing Serial No. 178,464. The important-modifications covered by this application are the longitudina'l webs dividing the cutting elements on each side of the groove on the top of each shearing member and the form and arrangement of the cutting elements.

An essential object of my invention is to provide means for giving greater strength and durability to the shearing members while at the same time effecting a close clean shave.

A further object of my invention is to provide 'means for adequately trimming a mans mustache as well as his side-burns.

Other advantages'of my invention will be made apparent in a detailed and complete description thereof to follow.

The novelty embodied in'my invention resides substantially in the combination, construction,

arrangement, and relative position of the re-' spective parts, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification in connection with the drawing accompanying it, in

which:

along line 2-2 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a top view of the outer shearing memher with a part thereof broken away;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view partially broken away to show parts ofthe outer and inner shearing members; I

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the inner shearing member having the side walls broken away to show the innerfportion thereof;

Fig. 6 is a top view of the inner shearing member with a portion thereof broken away.

Like characters of references refer to like parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Removably secured to a motor casing I 0 (Fig.

0 1) is a shearing head ll comprising a stationary outer shearing member l2 and an inner shearing member I 3' reciprocally mounted therein. Shearing head II is secured to motor casing III by set,

screw l4. Engaging inner shearing member I3 is a rock lever I! which is actuated by the motor in a well known manner so as to provide means for reciprocally moving inner shearing member 13 within outer shearing member l2.

Outer shearing member I! has a base l6 and an aperture l1 therein through which rock lever 5 I5' extends. It also has openings (not shown) for well known resilient plungers to extend through. Positioned midway on thetop portion of outer member l2 and extending longitudinally thereof, is groove 18. On each side of groove 10 18 are similarly formed cutter portions I9, each having a. centrally located web 20' extending across the top thereof. On each side of web 20 in each of the cutter portionsfllS a plurality of slots 2| are cut to form transverse cutter bars 16 22. The cutter bars on one side of web 20 in each of the cutter portions H are staggered in relation tothose on the opposite side thereof. All said cutter bars 22 extend down along the walls of cutter portions I9, but only those cutter bars on the outer side of web 20 have pointed 'tips 23. The outer walls of cutter portions -l9are formed with V.-shaped grooves 24 to provide combing edges 24'.

Inner shearing-member I3 is formed in a shape 25 substantially. that of outer shearing member l2 having abase'25, groove 26, cutter portions 27, webs 28 on each cutter portion extending longitudinally in the center thereof, slots 29 forming transverse cutter bars 30 which are in wider spaced-relationship than cutter bars 22 of the outer cutter. Cutter bars 30 are staggered in the same manner as cutter bars22 of outer shearing member I2 but do not have pointed tips. However, the top of cutter bars 30' is so ground away as to give the cutter bars sharp cutting edges. The base 25 is provided with notches to receive rock lever I5 and resilient plungers (not shown). Said plungers urge inner shearing member l3 against the rear walls of outer shearing member 12, bringing the twoshearing members in close coactive engagement and leaving a chamber 3| to receive and retain the hair clippings.

It is apparent that the webs 20 and 28 form a reinforcement for the cutter bars, thereby permitting them to be ground to a close minimum thickness without weakening the structure, thus forming a cutting head which will effect a close o smooth shave. The staggered relation of the cutter bars permit a wider sweep of hair surface to be covered in one travel of the cutters. The pointed tips of the outer cutter bars effectively comb the irregular hairs of a. man's mustache or sideburns and bring them into shearing contact with the cutting edgesof the inner cutter bars.

While I have described what I con sider to be a highly desirable embodiment of my invention it is obvious that many changes in form could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I, therefore, do not limit myself to the exact form herein shown and described, nor to anything less than the whole of my invention as hereinbefore set forth, and as hereinafter claimed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I

1. In a dry shaver, the combination of a shearing head comprising a fixed outer cutter and'a reciprocating inner cutter, cutting members on each of said cutters intercepted by a longitudinal groove and having a longitudinal web on their respective top surfaces, transverse cutter bars disposed on both sides of each of said webs, the cutter bars on one side of the same web being in staggered relationship to those of the other side, the cutter bars of the outer cutter having their outer ends pointed, and means for reing a longitudinal web on their respective top surfaces, transverse cutter bars disposed on both sides of each of said webs, the cutter bars on oneside of the same web being in staggered relationship to those of the other side, the cutt 3r bars of the outer cutter having their outer ends pointed, and means for reciprocating said inner cutter.

3. In a dry shaver, the combination of a shearing head comprising a fixedv outer cutter and a reciprocating inner cutter, cutting .members on each of said cutters intercepted midway thereof by a longitudinal groove and having a longitudinal web on their respective top surfaces, transverse cutter bars disposed on both sides of each of said webs, and extending down the upper walls of said cutting members, the cutter bars on one side of the same web being in staggered relationshi to those of the. other side, the cutter bars of the outer cutter having their .outer ends pointed, and means for reciprocating being formed by four right angle'bends, longitudinal webs on said cutters equidistant from said grooves, transverse cutter bars staggered on each side of said webs and extending down the upper walls of saidtcutters, the cutter bars on the top surface of the outer. cutter having pointed ends, and combing edges formed beneath the pointed ends of the outer cutter bars.

GEORGE G. GOING. 

